Little Happier: A Father Ate the Bananas Intended for His Children, and His Son Never Viewed Him the Same Way

Writer Auberon Waugh tells the story of how his father, novelist Evelyn Waugh, ate the bananas—at that time, a very rare treat--intended for him and his sisters. “It would be absurd to say that I never forgave him, but he was permanently marked down in my estimation.”
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